Name: Christopher Howerton
Major Professor: Joy Mench
Department: Animal Science
Lab Phone: (530)752-3643
Email: clhowerton@ucdavis.edu
Web Site: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Mench/Students/Howerton.htm
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BS -
UC Davis -
Animal Science -
2004
MS -
UC Davis -
Animal Biology -
2006
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Research Interests
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The majority of my research involves housing conditions and their effects on the welfare of laboratory mice. Additionally, I have become interested in developing apparatuses that automatically measure both qualitative and quantitative aspects of social behavior using RFID technology.
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Publications
Howerton, C. L., J. P. Garner, J. A. Mench. (2008). "Effects of a running wheel-igloo enrichment on aggression, hierarchy linearity, and stereotypy in group-housed male CD-1 (ICR) mice." Applied Animal Behaviour Science 115(1-2): 90-103.
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